"What! You haven't found a sponsor this year? Li Xuan pinched the microphone in his right hand and asked in surprise.

Chen Baisheng's helpless voice mixed with a wry smile immediately came from the other end of the phone: "Yes, it's because I can't find a sponsor that I don't know what to do with this year's Academy Awards." ”

"What about RTHK ......"

"Well, don't talk about RTHK." Chen Baisheng interrupted Li Xuan's words on the other end of the phone and continued: "Last year, there were too many political axe officials at the award ceremony, and we had a quarrel with the radio station, and they didn't sponsor it this year, and we won't beg them again." ”

Li Xuan covered his forehead and asked with a little pain, "Then what are you going to do this year?" Don't you hold the Academy Awards? ”

"Do it! How could it not be done. Chen Baisheng said righteously: "It's just that the time of this year's Academy Awards may be postponed." ”

At this time, Li Xuan also replied with a wry smile: "Postponing this matter will not have a good impact on your Academy Awards." ”

"It's not good, it can't be helped, who told us that we can't find sponsors." Chen Baisheng replied helplessly on the other end of the phone.

"That ......" Li Xuan paused and continued to ask, "You still don't agree with me to praise ......"

"Don't say it, don't say it!" Chen Baisheng immediately interrupted Li Xuan's words on the other end of the phone, and said with some relief: "I know that you also hope that Hong Kong will hold a decent film award, and we are also very grateful to Ah Xuan for your support to the Academy Awards, but we really can't accept your sponsorship." ”

Li Xuan sighed when he heard this and said, "Hey, okay, then I won't force it."

"Thank you for your understanding! But Ah Xuan ......" Chen Baisheng hesitated on the other end of the phone, and then said: "Your range of friends is wider than ours, if you know some celebrities and tycoons outside the film industry, if you can help us explain and promote the Academy Awards at the party, we will be grateful." ”

“……”

Li Xuan raised his eyebrows, is this to ask himself to take the time to help them find a sponsor? But fortunately, it's not forced, how do you know any tycoons and celebrities outside the film and television industry.

"That, Bai Sheng, I can only say that I will try my best to help with this matter, and I can't guarantee the rest." Li Xuan said directly.

Chen Baisheng was slightly stunned, and then replied: "That's that, we are grateful for your best to help." ”

When he hung up the phone, Li Xuan shook his head with some embarrassment, he didn't expect that the first few years of the famous Academy Awards would be so difficult and troublesome. It's just been held now, and because there is no money to do it, the people of "Film Fortnightly" should be in a hurry to catch fire one by one now.

However, Li Xuan touched his chin, where can he go to find a sponsor for the Academy Awards?

The box office failure of Shaw Brothers' "Eighteen Martial Arts" marked the failure of Shaw Brothers in the Christmas and New Year stalls. Especially the sudden rise of "Shaolin Temple" this time, it knocked Shaw Brothers to the fourth position. Newspapers all over Hong Kong even compared the two old-fashioned costume kung fu films "Shaolin Temple" and "Eighteen Martial Arts", while praising "Shaolin Temple", they were extremely sarcastic about Shaw Brothers.

The so-called wall is pushed down, and this is the case.

It's just that while the Hong Kong media continued to chatter, a piece of news came back from the United States, but the media and filmmakers in Hong Kong instantly shut up. Even the Three Kingdoms War, which people usually pay the most attention to, can't attract their attention.

After continuing Zou Wenhuai's entry into the Hollywood market, he made a lot of money with a "Cannonball Speed". Shao Yifu, who has been silent in the international market for four years, spent a huge amount of 10 million US dollars to cooperate with filmmakers from the United States and China to invest in "Alien" director Ridley? Scott's new film, Blade Runner.

This Shao Yifu, although the Hong Kong film market failed, quietly went to the United States to make a huge investment.

Everyone in Hong Kong expressed surprise at Shao Yifu's domineering, but Li Xuan also had to admire Shaw's deep foundation. I think that Zou Wenhuai's Jiahe has no spare money after investing in the international market a few times, but although Shao Yifu's Shaw Brothers is now unable to make ends meet, he can still casually and quietly take out 10 million US dollars to invest in Western films.

Based on this, Shao Yifu is truly worthy of the word tycoon.

But not to mention Shao Yifu's wanton spending money in the United States for the time being, the Three Kingdoms War in Hong Kong's New Year file is still going on.

New Arts City's "Best Partner" was affected by "Lucky Stars" and "Shaolin Temple", and the box office and attendance rate fell all the way. However, comedies are a little more powerful than action movies, so "Best Partner" still held on the screen for four weeks and got more than 21 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

"Best Partner"! The first film in New Arts City to break 10 million box office is also a box office of 20 million, and it has made a good start that has attracted worldwide attention!

Lei Juekun was even more overjoyed, no matter what new films Shao Yifu invested in the United States, even Li Xuan received a big celebration banquet invitation in Hong Kong.

As for Li Xuan's "Lucky Star Gaozhao", it naturally lasted in the theater for four weeks like "Best Partner", but it did not break the record of "Police Story", and it only got a box office of more than 24 million, ranking first in the 1982 New Year's file.

This incident made Zou Wenhuai quite entangled, saying that he would hold a celebration banquet, but he did not break the record; Let's say no, after all, the movie still won the first place in the New Year's file. In the end, it was Hong Jingbao who blew the wind in front of the old man and let him pay attention.

Jiahe, uh, no, Hong Jingbao is also going to hold a celebration banquet.

However, Li Xuan, who received two invitations, was entangled, this Zou Wenhuai was absolutely deliberate, and the difference between the drawing time of the two movies was five days.

But what does it mean that your Jiahe celebration banquet is arranged on the same day and at the same time as Princess Jin's celebration banquet?

Just when Li Xuan was a little entangled in how to divide the two celebration banquets, the New Year's stalls gradually came to an end. Notice is not the end, but gradually comes to an end.

Because of the "Shaolin Temple" of Shuangnan Cinema, it is still being screened in the cinema at this time.

Since the movie became famous in the second week, "Shaolin Temple" has been popular in the theater for half a month, and then quickly settled. By the time Li Xuan's "Lucky Stars Shine" was painted, the attendance rate of "Shaolin Temple" was still maintained at about five floors. As a result, this god film lasted in the theater for six weeks before it was finally officially painted.

However, because there are only 11 theaters in the Shuangnan Cinema Line, although the movie has been screened for a long time, it has only received 16 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. But this data is already a big profit for Shuangnan Cinema Line.

While "Lucky Stars" did well in Hong Kong, there was also good news from Taiwan, where it achieved a total box office of NT$18 million in four weeks. This seemingly unremarkable result, but it still ranked second in the Taiwan New Year file.

During the Spring Festival in 1982, due to the continuous reform and opening up of the mainland, the industrial layout of Hong Kong, Taiwan and even most of Southeast Asia was seriously affected. Taiwan has also carried out a series of industrial adjustments, although the Taiwanese people are not short of money at this time, but a series of actions by the political axe still seriously discourage their entertainment enthusiasm.

Therefore, in the entire Spring Festival schedule, there are only two movies in Taiwan that have a box office of more than 10 million Taiwan dollars.

One of them is "Lucky Stars", and the other is Steven? Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark 1: Ark of the Law", and this famous adventure film only has a million more box office than "Lucky Stars".

Compared with last year's dozen or so movies that broke 10 million at the box office, this year's Taiwan Spring Festival stalls are exceptionally lonely...... (To be continued.) )